Banana Choc Chip Cupcakes

 

There were 3 over-riped bananas in the kitchen this morning.

Thought it might be a good idea to turn them into cupcakes. It’s been awhile since I last baked cupcakes. In fact, I have not been baking much lately. Life as been so hectic for me lately, that I hardly have time to bake or blog :(

Anyway, I found these easy and great cupcake recipes, and decided to try out the one with banana. I threw in some chocolate chips and turned them into Banana Choc Chip Cookies…. yum

The recipe is a keeper… easy yet yielding such wonderfully soft, fine textured and delicious cupcakes. 

 

Banana Choc Chip Cupcakes (adapted from Krystina Castella’s)

Ingredients

1/2 pound (225gm) unsalted butter,at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1 cup mashed ripe bananas (I used 3 large banana)
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract & 2 handfuls of chocolate chips

Method :

1. Preheat the oven to 325°F (160°C). Line cupcake pans with liners.
2. With an electric mixer on medium speed cream the butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs to creamed mixture, and beat well. Add the bananas creamed mixture and mix well.
3. In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
4. Add all the dry ingredients to creamed mixture at once. Mix until the dry ingredients are completely integrated.
5. Add the milk, chocolate chips and vanilla. Mix batter for 1 minute on medium speed.
6. Fill cupcake liners one-half to three-quarters full with batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cupcakes comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in the pan.

Banana cupcakes - before baking

Pigs in a Blanket

 

For a quick and easy breakfast, I made these for my family this morning.

 

I called them “Pigs in a Blanket”.

This is like an easy version of sausage roll.

Took a few slices of bread (wholemeal) and trim off the edges. Spread some butter on the bread and put a cocktail sausage on each slice of bread. Wrap the bread around the sausage and secure it with pandan leaves. (the pandan leaves are freshly picked from my garden).

Place them onto a baking tray (lined with aluminium foil) and grill in the oven for about 10 mins. Remove the tray from the oven once the bread is golden brown.

Serve hot with a nice cuppa coffee or Milo.
The bread is crunchy and fragrant.

Simple, yet delightful way to start a day….

 

Yummie ;D

Handmade Market @ Empire Shopping Gallery

 

I know…. I am very late …. the event was a week ago!!!

Have been so busy since the Handmade Market that I hardly have time to sit in front of of the computer to blog.

The Handmade has been a BLAST!

Despite the fact that the event was located on the top floor of Empire Shopping Gallery and the crowd was not as big as The Crafty Art Market2….

business had been pretty good for me!!!

  My owl keychain pouches were quite a HIT!

By the end of the day, I had only 20% remaining AND there were also a few custom orders. (Now that’s way I have been so busy lately… busy fulfilling the orders by the customers).

I must say that this event gave me some good exposures……

(doing the happy dance ;D )

   Something new in my booth….

I am also selling handbag handles and accessories from Inazuma, Japan.

I love them… great quality!!!

They are very well received globally.

(Still new in Malaysia, though)

Handmade Market

 

Just a short note.

If you are in the Klang Valley, drop by Empire Shopping Gallery in Subang Jaya,Selangor today.

A total of 22 creative artists and crafters (including me!) will be congregating at the 2nd floor (LeX event hall) to showcase the creative work from 1pm till 10pm.

Come join in the fun… you are sure to get some great finds there.

See you there!!!!

Crafty Art Market 2

 

I woke up early on 19th February to get ready for the Crafty Art Market 2.

Since I have been down with a nasty flu, I had second thoughts as to whether I should attend as a vendor.

My display

 

I am glad that I did!!!

 

Almost all my Owl Keychain pouches were snapped up!

It was a BLAST!

The weather was perfect.

Great crowd and sales was pretty good.

My only regret was not having the time to check out all the other stalls as I was alone manning my store.

2nd Crafty Art Market

 

It’s February and I will be participating in my second craft fair of the year!!!!

Yes!!! This is the one in Jaya One, Petaling Jaya.

Come over and meet our team of 30 creative artisans.

See you there :)

Cupcakes for Lunar New Year

 

This Chinese New Year is a bit different as the first day of the Lunar New Year coincided with my daughter’s birthday. Yes!!!!! my little girl turned 13 on the 1st day of the Lunar New Year.

Instead of the normal Chinese New Year cookies, I baked some cupcakes for this occasion. Reckoned it might be a challenge buying a cake on Chinese New Year’s day as most bakeries will be closed.

So… I baked 80 chocolate cupcakes and brought them all the way back to my in-law’s place in Johor. I love this cupcake recipe as it uses yogurt and it is not too sweet. The yogurt makes the texture of the cupcakes really fine, soft and moist. Yummy….

I normally do not like to frost my cupcakes as I am not a fan of icing and cream. However, since this is a specially occasion, I frosted the cupcakes with butter icing. My girl and I frosted them till midnight (all 80 of them).

We tried to arrange the cupcakes in the shape of a Rabbit (as this is the year of the Rabbit). Hahaha.. looked more like a dog to me ;)

Anyway, we had a great time and my girl had a very memorable birthday.

Since Chinese New Year is celebrated for 15 days… it is still not too late to wish everyone

Gong Xi Fa Cai